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room with purple door

Maura McEvoy

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High-Gloss Interior Door

The family who lives in this New York house entertains frequently, so designer Pat Healing wanted the dining room to be extra glamorous. "I think of dining rooms as candlelit evening spaces," she says. The door to the butler's pantry is painted an elegant and bold custom high-gloss plum.

quadrille nomad fabric

Roland Bello

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Combine Clashing Colors

Designer Miles Redd combined these vivid colors and patterns — from Quadrille's Nomad fabric on the walls and ceiling to the silk shades of custom lamps by Blanche P. Field to an upholstered patent leather door — to make a bold statement in the foyer of this Manhattan apartment. Custom-painted floor by Chris Pearson.

An attic guest room is Kincaid's homage to legendary designer Sister Parish, whose classic Dolly fabric makes the tiny space feel as fresh as a spring meadow. A John Rosselli bedside table holds a Christopher Spitzmiller lamp. Bedding, Leontine Linens. Floor painted in Farrow & Ball's Dix Blue.

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Blanket a Small Space in One Fabric

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Simon Watson

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Shower Al Fresco

Step directly from the shower to the backyard in architect Bill Ingram's Birmingham, Alabama master bath, which opens onto a pea gravel-bordered lawn. See the full house tour here. >>

white hanging chair in front of a black screen in front of windows

Ngoc Minh Ngo

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Rattan Hanging Chair

The sunroom of fashion designer Liz Lange's Westchester home is both chic and cheeky, thanks to a playful, swinging seat selected by designer Jonathan Adler.

canoe on the ceiling of a mudroom

Maura McEvoy

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Canoe as Ceiling Decor

Inspired by a restaurant in Vermont, the pantry of an Idaho barn-style house by architects Sandra Vlock and Glenn Arbonies harbors a wood canoe in winter. It also coordinates perfectly with the home's classic American style.

mirror hanging from the ceiling in a bathroom

Reed Davis

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Upside Down Mirror

When a window left little room for an above-the-sink mirror in the guest bath of a Malibu home, designer Lawrence Rizkowsky looked up instead — mounting a shaving-style one from the ceiling.

tv on an easel in a living area

Lisa Cregan

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Easel TV Stand

In order to bring lightness and ease to this 1970s Palm Beach condo, designer Vicente Wolf repurposed a Magasin Sennelier French oak easel on wheels into a moveable TV stand. By floating it in the room, rather than pushing it up against the wall, Wolf created the illusion of a larger space.

a room with a bulletin board chandelier.

Thomas Loof

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Chandelier Bulletin Board

Design consultant Ellen O'Neill's apartment in Manhattan is a tiny studio, so she needs extra space anywhere she can find it. Turning to the ceiling, her "bulletin board" is Ingo Maurer's Zettel'z 5 chandelier. O'Neill uses it to hold notes, lists, directions, sketches, and even a hat.

stairwell with a rope as a railing

Thomas Loof

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Rope Railing

Designer and television personality Thom Filicia created a modern and classic interior for a Designer Visions showhouse. For the staircase, he chose heavy rope in place of a traditional railing and angled the runner to reveal a hint of bare floor.

bathroom

Thomas Loof

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Wallpapered Ceiling

Cavern Home's Blackbird wallpaper is a graphic counterpoint — that seems to "grow" on the ceiling, too — to Silestone backsplash and shelf in White Zeus in a house designed by Thom Filicia, inspired by The Big Chill. Purist sink, Stillness faucet, and Hatbox toilet by Kohler.

room with white walls and striped wood floor

Simon Watson

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Striped Wood Floor

To add visual interest to his Alabama living room, architect Bill Ingram painted a pattern of thick and narrow stripes over the stained wood floor. "It jazzes everything up," he says. The Tatum sofa is from Lee Stanton Home.